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Maseeh’s Vote – The first attack to kick out government’s crucial ‘forward player’

By Marco Robinson March 26, 2017 4 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 25th March 2017. by Musharraf Hassan The following is a loose translation: The coming few days will be politically very turbulent. On Monday People’s Majlis will decide on the motion filed for no confidence against Speaker Abdullah Maseeh Mohamed. Even though there is a clear […]

First they came for Faafu IV:

By Maldives Times March 18, 2017 5 min read

by Azra Naseem 4.Saved by the bullshit? Saudi King Salman has postponed his trip to the Maldives indefinitely. Three resorts cancelled their bookings to accommodate the King and his entourage; the Republic Square in Male’ was whitewashed and made ready for the King’s landing in a helicopter; the jetty was spruced up; his special yacht […]